A cardiff student is seeing stars - and stripes - after being picked to play for the Great Britain American football team.

Chris Hunt, 20, a first-year Business Information Services student at Uwic, was called up for team trials four weeks ago, and has since been told he has won place in the British team.

Chris, who lives in Cyncoed, was a keen rugby player, until he and a few friends started playing American Football at the age of 17.

He showed great talent in the game early on - kicking the British Youth field goal record in his first year of playing.

After a nerve-wracking trial, Chris will now play with other top British American footballers, with training sessions in Crystal Palace in London for five days in every three weeks, as well as fitting in his studies.

The team is currently training for the European Championships in 2009, when they will face the best teams in Europe.

Chris said: 'It's a big honour to have made the team, and we've already had our first training session, which was extremely professional and well organised.

'Ultimately, I'd like to go and live in America to train.

'But there are plenty of British American football players whose careers I really admire.'

Dr Jason Williams of the Uwic's Cardiff School of Management said: 'It's great to see one of our students representing Britain at international level.